"Love does all day the Soules great Empire keep, / But Wine at night Lulls the soft God asleep."

— Behn, Aphra (1640?-1689)


Place of Publication
London
Publisher
Printed for John Amery [etc.]
Date
1677
Metaphor
"Love does all day the Soules great Empire keep, / But Wine at night Lulls the soft God asleep."
Metaphor in Context
WILL
Agreed.
Love does all day the Soules great Empire keep,
But Wine at night Lulls the soft God asleep.
Categories
Provenance
Searching "empire" and "soul" in HDIS (Drama)
Date of Entry
08/11/2004
Date of Review
11/30/2005

The Mind is a Metaphor is authored by Brad Pasanek, Assistant Professor of English, University of Virginia.